Game apparatus



1,549,610 D. REISZ GAME APPARATUS File y 17, 1922 WITNESSES ENTOR 4TTOR/VEYS Patented Aug.- 11, 1925 PATENT oFFIcE.

DAVID BEISZ, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

"GAME errane'rus.

Application filed July 17, 1922. Serial 80. 575,532.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID REIsz, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description. This invention relates toimprovements in game apparatus, and more particularly has relation tothe game of chess and checkers, although it is to be understood thatvarious forms and shapes of game pieces may be employed in the playingof various games without departing from this invention. An objectofheinvention is to provide a game board and a game piece container, thelatter consisting 0 two sections, said eontainer sections and boardbeing flexibly or hingedl connected, whereby the game board can be oldedand function as a cover for the container sections, and the latter canbe folded together and secured so as to occupy but small space when notin use.

A further object is to have during play all game pieces in sight, andhandy to reach at all times, and to have the two sets of game pieceskept separated. a p

A further object is to provide a game apparatusof the character stated,which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonably low price, which willbe neat and attractive in appearance, and which will be convenient forplaying, storage and transportation. My improved gameboard embodies certain advantages some of which may be enumerated as follows:.

An improved board, container and .gamei' 'pieces'of chess. andcheckers-all in one. Container and board being made'of cloth.

. 40 covered cardboard, wood, metal or any other suitable material. Thecorners of said game board and container beingsharp,jalthough they mayalso be round. My improved game board is made sufficie'ntly small.enough'to be carried conveniently in pocket, whereas the standard gameboards are too large.

Two fold lines crossing .atright angles may be moved without foldindividing the game board into four sections. The fold lines made eitherof flexible material, metal or any other suitable material.

' In folding the game board into four sections the surface of the gameboard is always protected.

One half of the back of the game board when folded serves as a eoverforthe two halves of the container.

The game pieces are all in sight and handy to reach at all times whenthe game board is open for play, whether. game pieces are on the gameboard or in the container, hence there is no likelihood of losing thegame pieces. I Y

My improved game board also has separate halves in thecontainer sectionto hold game 7 pieces of opposing players.

When in use m improved game board the game board or deranging the gamepieces on the board and container and without the use of clamps. Thiscannot be done with game boards made of flexible material, norwrth.boards where the container is either separate or located under theboard.

Although the container can contain other 15 game pieces, it is esecially made to contain. cylindrically shape disks (16 1n each half ofthe container). When folded the game apparatus is of convenient slze tofit an ord1- nary standard size tailors pocket (.GgI-

the game pieces being 1 x 4" each invention is not limited to one,particular size, hence my improved game apparatus may be manufacturedeither larger or smaller, the game pieces and game board he 5 ingroportioned accordingly.

game pieces can be turnedslmultaneouslyeither to chess or checker side,or con- ;versely, by-placing the half of the game board that is nearerthe container over said container, then lying the entire game board on atable or the like, after which operation the container is lifted in openPOSitIOIl and all ame pieces are in a reversed. posltlon on t e nearhalf of theboard.

A flexible tongue on said containerassures security to the gameapparatus when in which also serves as a dull coating to prevent glare.

Game pieces are cylindrically shaped, not conically, therefore they fitmore securely in the container.

The game pieces are proportioned in size to fit board container.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations, and ar whichis providedwitha lon rangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view showing myimproved game apparatus in open position.

Figure 2 is a view in section on the line 2-2, of Figure 1. f

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the game board folded down uponthe container sections.

Figure 4 is a view showing the game ap-' paratus in completely foldedand secured position.

Figure 5 .is a sectional perspective of one of the game pieces.

' 1 represents my improved game'board 'tudinal fold 11116 3 and atransverse folda ine 2. This board 1 is preferably com osed of fabric orother suitable material. aving its four sectionsbetween the fold' lines2 and .3 strengthened by an insert preferably of cardboard, or othersuitable material, so as to make the sections comparatively rigid andpermit the game board to be lifted and moved from place. to place withthe ame pieces'thereon and not disturb the position of the latter.

4 and 5 represent container sections for game pieces 6. .These sections4 and 5 are made of a suitable depth to accommodate the game pieces 6and may be made of any suitable material and hingedly and flexiblyconnected by a flexible strip 7 and also hmgedly and fle 'bly connectedto the game board 1 by flexible stri s 8'.

As a matter of fact t e strips 8 and 7 may constitute integral. parts ofthe fabric or coverings of the game board and also const tute coveringsfor the outer or back earnected to the having fold l nes at right anges. to each other and adapted to be folded and. posiface of thecontainer sections 4 and 5. These container sections 4 and 5 are shownwith square corners and of general rectangular shape, but it is obviousthat the invention is not limited to the exact shape or proportion ofthe parts. I

A flexible tongue 9 is fixedto one end of container section 5 and has asnap fastener member 10 thereon to engage a snap fastener member 11 onthe other container section and secure the parts in folded or closedposition as will more fully hereinafter appear.

The game pieces 6 above referred to preferably constitute both checkersand chess pieces and one of which is shown in detail in Figure 5.

The game pieces 6 may be made of any materia but wood is. cheap and maybe employed, and each game-piece is provided with a circular recess 12in one face to receive a disk 13 containing the character 14 thereon.The disk 13 is preferably slightly larger than the recess so that whenpressed into place it will not require a esive or other securing means,and it is my intention to stamp or press the game piece at a singleoperation for economy and to provide more or less dull surface toprevent glare.

It is to be understood that one. face of each game piece will preferablyconstitute a chess character and the other face will be used forcheckers, although it is of course, to be understood that othercharacters and forms ofgame pieces may be employed to- .play differentgames without departing Various slight changes might be made in thegeneral form and arrangement of parts described without departing frommy invention, and hence I do.not limit myself to the precise details setforth, but consider myself at liberty to make ,such changes and altera--tions. as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. A game apparatus, comprising a game board, a pair 0 game piececontainer sections hingedly connected and hingedly coname board, saidame board tioned over ft e container sections, and

means-for securing the container sections togather w1th the game boardbetween them.

2.- A game apparatus of the character described, comprising a game boardhaving fold lines crossing each other, a pair of container sections forgame pieces, a flexible strip connecting the sections, flexible stripsconnecting the sections with the game board whereby the game board canbe folded down upon the container sections to cover the game pieces inthe latter, and said sections can be then folded together with the gameboard between them, and a fastener for securing the sections in foldedposition. v

3. A game apparatus of the character de scribed, comprising a pair ofgame piece container sections, a game board hingdly connected to thesections and foldable on top of them, a strip hingedly connecting thecontainer sections, a tongue on one section, and snap fastener memberson said tongue and the other section respectively for securing the partsin folded position.

' 4. A game" apparatus comprising a backing sheet, a partitionedfoldable framing mechanism attached to the backing sheet, said framingmechanism adapted to house in its respective sections sets of fiat gamepieces with their faces visibly exposed and means to retain the gamepieces in the raming mechanism when the backing sheet and the framingmechanism are folded together.

DAVID REISZ.

